Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Tenth Biennial Conference
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Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Tenth Biennial Conference __________________ The University of Kansas Lawrence 1 Welcome to Lawrence! On behalf of the University of Kansas, greetings to all of the attendees of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Tenth Biennial Conference. Hosting this event has particular significance for us because of the university's long-standing commitments to scholarship on environmental issues in the humanities and sciences, and sustainable practices in our institution- al and personal lives. We are a year and a half into the implementation of a campus-wide strate- gic initiative "Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World," which will build on KU's strengths in climate change studies, interdisciplinary environmental studies, and alternative energy and transportation science. Our Center for Sustainability actively promotes sustainable practices in operations, education, research, and campus life, and our well-established Environmental Studies program fosters active and engaged interdisciplinary scholarly dialogue. I'm delighted to be able to support our faculty and students in hosting one of the major conferences in the environmental humanities, and to welcome you to the University of Kansas and Lawrence Jeffrey Vitter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Thank You! Many thanks to our hosts at University of Kansas, especially: Jeffrey Vitter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Danny Anderson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ann Cudd, Associate Dean for the Humanities Marc Greenberg, Interim Associate Dean for the Humanities Victor Bailey, Director of the Hall Center for the Humanities Anna Neill, Chair, Department of English J. Christopher Brown, Director, Environmental Studies Program Danny Novo, Project Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Web Services Kate Meyer, Assistant Curator, Spencer Art Museum Emily Ryan, Coordinator, The Commons Jonathan Perkins, Director, Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center Sharon Leatherman, Office Manager for Events Services, Kansas Union Whitney Fox, Catering Coordinator, Kansas Union Lisa Eitner, Special Events, KU Bookstore Chris Sewalish, Assistant Director for Apartment Living, Student Housing Lori Whitten, Administrative Associate, Department of English Clare Echterling, Publishers’ Exhibit coordinator, shuttle coordinator, and all-around organizer of many things The Graduate Student Volunteers: Creighton Brown, Ali Brox, Dustin Crowley, Aaron Long, Annie Lowe, Ann Martinez, Ashley Ortiz, Jessica Weatherford, Mary Beth Woodson And most especially to ASLE Managing Director Amy McIntyre and site host Byron Caminero-Santangelo. Without their commitment of time, energy, and intelligence, this conference would not have been possible. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the following people: NEW-CUE President Joe Doll, and NEW-CUE (Nature and Environmental Writers, College and University Educators) for their generous sponsorship of two travel grants to independent scholars and graduate students. The Conference Travel Awards Committee: Sarah Jaquette Ray, Anthony Lioi, Andrew Hageman and Tom Hillard Conference proposal review committee: Catriona Sandilands and Anthony Lioi (special thanks to Anthony for help in naming panels) Book and Paper Awards coordinator Tom Lynch The judges for ASLE’s biennial awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing: Scholarly Book: Stacy Alaimo, Mark Long, Lewis Ulman Creative Writing Book: Jeff Thomson, Bernie Quetchenbach, Janine DeBaise Graduate Student scholarly paper: Serpil Opperman, Dan Wylie, Jenny Kerber Graduate student creative paper: Susan Hawthorne, Brian Bartlett, John Ryan Preconference Workshop coordinator Greta Gaard Authors’ Reception coordinators Salma Monani and Catherine Meeks Community grants co-coordinators Joni Adamson and Mark Long Christoph Irmscher and Ursula Heise, the host and program coordinator of the 2011 biennial conference, for their guidance and support 2 Travel Award Winners Publishers’ Exhibit $500 ASLE Graduate Travel Awards Kiu-wai Chu Univ. of Hong Kong/Univ. of Idaho Hours Vera R. Coleman Arizona State University Ng’ang’a wa Muchiri University of Miami Wednesday, May 29 8:30am – 5pm Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye University of Leeds Thursday, May 30 8:30am – 5pm Jamie Bolker Fordham University Friday, May 31 8:30am – 1pm $250 ASLE Graduate Travel Awards Saturday, June 1 8:30am – 12pm Chantal Bilodeau Independent Scholar Fabiana Dimpflmaier University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ Location: Alderson, Kansas Memorial Union Yeonhaun Kang University of Florida Jennifer Bargara Sibara University of Southern California Exhibitors Patricia H. Audette-Longo Concordia University Jasmine Johnston University of British Columbia American Scientist Yvonne Kaisinger University of Salzburg Ecotone Adele Tiengo State University of Milan Milkweed Editions Benjamin Vogt University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lauren Woolbright Clemson University Orion Magazine $250 NEW-CUE Travel Awards Oxford University Press Lindsay Dunne Jacoby University of Maryland, College Park Penguin Group USA Maya L. Kapoor University of Arizona The Scholar's Choice University of Virginia Press University of Georgia Press Key Facility Hours & Information University of Nevada Press University of Illinois Press Conference Registration Desk University of Utah Press Location: Lobby, Kansas Memorial Union *Note: KU Bookstore/Jayhawk Ink will offer the Tuesday, May 28 12—7pm plenary speakers’ books for sale/signing by authors Wednesday, May 29 8am – 5pm Thursday, May 30 8am – 5pm in the Ballroom Parlors at each plenary session. Friday, May 31 8am – 1pm They offer 15% off and can arrange shipping for Saturday, June 1 8am – 1pm customers. Campus Housing Check-In Desk Check-in is at the main desk in the lobby of the dorm you have been assigned: Corbin Hall, GSP Hall, KK Amini Scholarship Hall or 2013 ASLE Book and Paper Award Winners Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall. These desks will be open 24 hours a day during ASLE, beginning May 27 at 9am and ending June 2 at Ecocriticism Book Award: 2pm. Staff members for conference services are easily recognizable, Rob Nixon, University of Wisconsin, Madison as they will be wearing red KU logo polo shirts. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor Published by Harvard University Press Important: you must also check out with staff in person, and turn in your keys to them. If you do not check out in person and keys to Environmental Creative Writing Book Award: your room are not returned, ASLE will be charged for the remaining David Gessner, University of North Carolina, Wilmington nights of the conference, and for changing the locks on your room. The Tarball Chronicles: A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelican These charges will then be passed on to you to pay in full. and into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill Published by Milkweed Press Dining Options The Market Café in the Kansas Memorial Union will be open May 28- Ecocriticism Graduate Student Paper Award: June 1 from 7am-3pm. It offers a wide variety of foods, William Lombardi (University of Nevada, Reno) including a salad bar and vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free "Unequal Burdens: An Outline for Postlocal options. There is a coffee shop on the fourth floor of the Union (The Ecocriticism and Notes on the Location of Ecosocial Pulse) open till 5pm that serves drinks and snacks. ASLE will also Justice" (session 2S) offer a complimentary continental breakfast in the lobby of the Un- ion on Sunday, June 2 from 8am-11am. The best option for dinner Environmental Creative Writing will be the many restaurants in downtown Lawrence; the conference Graduate Student Paper Award: shuttles will run at dinnertime and most of the downtown Maya Laxmi Kapoor (University of Arizona) restaurants and bars are within walking distance of the dorms (1/4 "The Slowness of Our Eyes: A Creative Nonfiction Look mile to a mile), although the walk back is uphill. The food at the ban- at Life Through a Microscope" (session 4K) quet and receptions will be vegetarian with vegan and gluten free selections. 3 Downtown Shuttle Free shuttle buses (they will have a sign saying “private shuttle”) Sustainability at ASLE 2013 will be running continuously between campus and downtown in the morning and evening. Shuttle buses will be running on a 30 minute Carbon Footprint loop. The first 15 minutes of every half hour will cover arrival to/ From arranging bus transportation to and from the airport, to departure from the downtown stops (Tuesday 4:00-4:15, 4:30-4:45, creating a pedestrian-friendly conference, to our hybrid 5:00-5:15, etc.) and second 15 minutes will cover arrival to/ shuttle buses, we have tried to minimize our carbon footprint departure from Union (Tuesday 4:15-4:30, 4:45-5:00, 5:15-5:30, at the conference. We have also established a carbon offset etc.). General schedule is: program. Funds donated for carbon offsets during registra- One bus running continuously between 4:00-9:30 pm on tion will be matched in amount by ASLE and donated to Tuesday May 28th “atmosfair,” a non-profit organization based in Bonn, One bus running continuously from 7:30-10:30 am and from Germany (s for more 4:30- 9:30 pm on Wed. May 29, Thursday May 30, and Saturday information). Although ASLE recognizes the limitations of June 1. carbon offsets, we still believe they can play an important role. If you would like to donate and have not yet, you may do One bus running continuously from 7:30-10:30 am, 12-1 pm, and so at the registration desk. 5:30-9:30 pm on Friday May 31. The stops will be: The Union, Wheatfields (heart of downtown), Program, Name Tags and Folders Eldridge Hotel, Spring Hill Suites Attendee name badges are 100% recycled paper, and the holders are made of biodegradable and reusable plastic. We Airport Shuttle will have receptacles at registration to drop the nametags in A reservation and advance payment is needed to ride the ASLE after you are done using them, in the hope that we can reuse airport shuttle. Shuttles will drop off and pick up at the campus them at future conferences.